Henry’s Version by Brett Shapiro Genre: Literary Fiction / LGBTQ ISBN: 9798891323483 Print Length: 190 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Zender A poetic novel looking back on a life well lived Brett Shapiro takes readers on a meaningful, touching journey about being human and looking back in […]
ShadowBane by Cal Logan Genre: Fantasy / Action ISBN: 9798990237902 Print Length: 609 pages Buy from Amazon Reviewed by Kathy L. Brown An epic, high-stakes fantasy, ShadowBane delivers nuanced characters and gripping action. In a feudal-Japan-like setting, ShadowBane, the first book of the Schism of Souls series, introduces demon-slaying twins Shura and Jin. Demons are […]
An Otherwise Healthy Person by Ron Jansen Genre: Memoir / War ISBN: 9781625862730 Print Length: 328 pages Publisher: Credo House Publishers Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen A deeply personal, powerfully vulnerable memoir of a Marine squad leader’s experiences in Fallujah, Iraq and the aftermath In the wake of the 9/11 […]
The Booker Prize Longlist 2024 has just been announced. The longlist of 13 books – the ‘Booker Dozen’ – has been chosen by the 2024 judging panel and features novels by Tommy Orange, Percival Everett and Rita Bullwinkel. (updated for Shortlist at the end) This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission […]
Life Is Chaos and All Is Well by Steve Huff Genre: Nonfiction / Self-Help ISBN: 9798991254106 Print Length: 164 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff Surf on the chaos, thrive in your world. Do you live inside a tornado? Or does it feel like it? Things are happening all the […]
Deep Fried by Mark Doyon Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798985035360 Print Length: 252 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Frankie Martinez A cheery, immigrant businessman puts all his hopes into an atypical food truck in this clever, character-rich novel. When a new vendor called “Bollywood Eggrolls” appears at the food truck park […]
New Books coming out in October 2024 include a non fiction book from Ta-Nehisi Coates and long awaited new novel from the wonderful Yuri Herrera. Enjoy 5 Sensational New Books for October 2024! This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. 5 Sensational New Books for […]
Virginia Woolf was an English writer, recognized as one of the most imaginative and creative authors of the twentieth century. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Virginia Woolf: A Life Virginia Adeline Stephen was born in 1882, the third child of Leslie Stephen and […]
Synopsis: The literary landscape of Whirl of Birds interlaces the spatial and temporal complexities of the mind, in narrative flickers and bursts. Whether we glimpse at the plight of Neanderthals in the depths of lost ages, or at the collapse of communism in the mirrors of a children’s theater, whether we’re uplifted by the triumph of friendship […]
The Dark Side of Human Nature Unleashed You know that feeling when you’re walking alone at night and you swear someone’s following you? That prickle on the back of your neck, the quickening of your pulse? Steve Cavanagh’s latest thriller, “Kill for Me, Kill for You,” taps into that primal fear and cranks it up […]